FMCNL. We loves you. Rupert Murdoch arrived this morning at London Luton with Gulfstream G550 tail nr N89NC at 09:25 UTC. It would be improper, I think, if N89NC was to depart again if there was any doubt at all as to who was on board. We don’t know how many other people involved, other…
Read More watch the skies, or rather, the airportsAs a relief from all the Murdoch/Met filth, what about a slight return to last week’s coup plot? One of the oddest things about Technique of the Coup d’état is Malaparte’s judgment of individuals. The most famous example is the chapter on Hitler, who he thinks was too soft. Seriously – he argued that he…
Read More slight return: coup plotSomething else, (via BorisWatch’s Twitter feed): I didn’t know Coulson lived so close to the infamous pub at the centre of the Southern Investigations case. Come to think of it, News International people always liked to project a gangsterish image, ever since they moved to the East End, even though the choice of Wapping was…
Read More plastic gangstersThere’s been a little progress on some of the lines of inquiry in this post. First up, the question of whether or not Coulson was subjected to security vetting before joining No.10 Downing Street, and if so, what the Defence Vetting Agency said about him. This one took a relatively long time to spin up,…
Read More this is a security announcementMore progress from here. In comments, we have an explanation of the PoCA 1906 vs. BA 2010 issue. It’s actually much simpler than I imagined. Basically, the old Act was in force at the time of the crime, and it’s not clear whether the new one is operational yet in the absence of the Ministry…
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